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Students from Year 8, 9 and 10 visited Pembroke College, Oxford on 20th September. This was to explore a ‘Big Question’ through workshops with Oxford academics including statisticians and psychologists plus included a museum visit. The trip was organised to launch Oxford’s new digital outreach website ‘Oxplore’ (www.explore.org) which seeks to stimulate intellectual curiosity and promote broader thinking. One group visited ‘The Pitt Rivers’ Museum which displays the archaeological and anthropological collections of the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1884 with 26,000 objects and now houses over half a million from around the world with the exception of Luxembourg. On a walking tour, they viewed ‘The Bodleian Library’ and this is the main research library, and is one of the oldest libraries in Europe. With over 12 million items, it is the second-largest library in Britain after the British Library. It was an exciting and inspiring day for our fifteen students. Comments are closed.
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